Range: 34.67°N to 21.5°N; 92.35°W to 76.2°W Depth: 40 to 203 m
Details
Terebra (Acus) limatulaDall, 1889a, p. 63, 66 [Basis of the current name] Type Locality: Barbados, 100 fms.; Blake sta. 36, 84 fms.; west of North Bimini, 200 fms; USFC sta. 2402, NE Gulf of Mexico, 111 fms.; USFC sta. 2610, off Cape Lookout, 22 fms. Range: 34.67°N to 21.5°N; 92.35°W to 76.2°W Depth: 40 to 203 m Distribution: USA: North Carolina; Mexico: Campeche Bank; Bahamas: Bimini References: Dall (1889a) DdNE{SW}; Rice & Kornicker (1965) SW Comments: Abbott (1974) treated T. limatula as a form of T. protexta; Bratcher & Cernohorsky (1987) considered it a nomen dubium. However, Bratcher identified specimens at ANSP as T. limatula var. acrior in 1987, which indicates that she accepted T. limatula as valid.
Partial List of References
Dall, W. H. 1889. Reports on the results of dredgings, under the supervision of Alexander Agassiz, in the Gulf of Mexico (1877-78) and in the Caribbean Sea (1879-80), by the U. S. Coast Survey Steamer 'Blake,' Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 18 1-492, pls. 10-40. [Stated date: 08 Jun 1889.]
